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I also forgot to rinse the rice! Thank you so much! I am going to try a new batch (NO SUGAR) and see if I can't get the loveliness that you all have been. I think I shall let my first batch out to vinegar for some cooking (or add in my mother from my accidental peach wine vinegar).

Sorry if this is a repeat question (I have been reading the thread, but it is a loooong one!). I attempted my hand a rice wine. I got some chinese yeast balls, and I used a glutinous rice. At the request of a friend (which is where i might have gone wrong, but she was the one that asked I...

It was my understanding that when the yeast ate all the sugar, and there was nothing left to eat for another few days they would die. Is this incorrect?

So I am very new to all of this. My second attempt at any homemade alcohol was to take some of my home made cider (from last year) into hard cider. Everything went fantastically, and then I think I made a mistake. I didn't pasteurize my newly fermented cider (I did wait to make sure the...